Rules of the Game
PIAA Officials honored at recent ceremony
August 15, 2025 | Billy Splain
Any time we can draw attention to the most important people on the field NOT wearing high school gear, we jump at the chance. At the 2025 PIAA Officials Convention several officials were honored. Congratulations to everyone that wears the stripes!
PIAA Football Referee Interview (Part 5 of a six-part series)
October 8, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
We sit down with a PIAA Referee from the Northern Tier League and ask questions about some of the stuff that fans may not know, and if someone is interested in being a referee how they would go about doing it. If you have any interest in becoming a referee, please go to […]
PIAA Football Referee Interview (Part 4 of a six-part series)
October 1, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
We sit down with a PIAA Referee from the Northern Tier League and ask questions about some of the stuff that fans may not know, and if someone is interested in being a referee how they would go about doing it. (Click Link below for the video interview)
PIAA Football Referee Interview (Part 3 of a six-part series)
September 24, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
We sit down with a PIAA Referee from the Northern Tier League and ask questions about some of the stuff that fans may not know, and if someone is interested in being a referee how they would go about doing it. (Click Link below for the video interview)
PIAA Football Referee Interview (Part 2 of a six-part series)
September 17, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
We sit down with a PIAA Referee from the Northern Tier League and ask questions about some of the stuff that fans may not know, and if someone is interested in being a referee how they would go about doing it. (Click Link below for the video interview)
Athens wins in a shootout with Canton
September 7, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
Athens got out to an early first quarter lead and then Canton came back to make it a back n forth battle the whole game right down to the last play click on the link below to see the (video wrap up of all the games highlights)
Rules of the Game – The Ransom Report – Special Edition
September 26, 2023 | Kevin Ransom
September 26th 2023 EDITION – 6.1 Week 6 of the PIAA Football season is upon us. This is the time of season that things start getting very exciting. The best teams start to separate themselves and the good teams start fighting for playoff spots. At this point, if you have watched any football, you […]
Rules of the Game – The Ransom Report – Edition 4
September 15, 2023 | Kevin Ransom
September 15th 2023 EDITION – 4 Before diving into this week’s discussion, it would be wrong to not mention the well-publicized injuries that have occurred on the high school football field over the last 2 weeks. One of those injuries hit close to this writer. It has proven to be a stark reminder that these […]
Rules of the Game – The Ransom Report – Edition 3
September 8, 2023 | Kevin Ransom
September 8th 2023 EDITION – 3 Week 3 of the PIAA football season is upon us; blink and we will be talking playoffs. I hope that you found last weeks edition to be easy to understand and educational. Although the High School Football Rules Book is not always the easiest thing to understand, I […]
Rules of the Game: The Ransom report – Edition 2
September 1, 2023 | Kevin Ransom
September 1st 2023 EDITION – 2 Week 2 of the PIAA football season is upon us; and with that comes the second edition of the Ransom Report. If you have ever opened the PIAA rules book (or case book) you probably noticed that the language used is a bit different than how you might discuss […]
Rules of the Game: The Ransom report – Edition 1
August 25, 2023 | Kevin Ransom
Rules of the Game: The Ransom report – Edition 1 Welcome to “Rules of the Game” My name is Kevin Ransom and throughout the 2023 football season it is my hope to introduce the average high school football fan to the complexities of the PIAA Rules Book. It is possible that you will find this […]
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